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ProPublica. The ‘Italian Job’ and Other Highlights From U.S.’s Rendition Program With Egypt. Abu Zaabal prison, 25 kms north of Cairo, after a mass breakout during the nationwide protest.

(AFP/Getty Images file photo) Among the many aspects of the U.S.
-Egypt relationship, few have been as controversial as the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program, where the agency frequently handed over suspected terrorists to foreign governments with histories of torture and illegal detention. According to Human Rights Watch, Egypt welcomed more CIA detainees than any other country from the 1990s through 2005. And while renditions happen only with the assurance that a foreign partner will not torture the prisoner, as one CIA officer once told Congress, the assurances “weren’t worth a bucket of warm spit.”

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Alternative Electronic Information Network AEINAEIN utilizes shortwave radio, official news agencies, first-hand reporting and other methods to provide a range of news reports and analysis. AlterNetNews magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies dozens of other alternative media sources. Antiwar.comAntiwar news, viewpoints, and activities.

Axis of LogicNews and commentary which are often ignored or whitewashed by the mainstream media. Centre for Research on GlobalisationIndependent media and research group of writers, scholars and journalists. Common Dreams"Breaking news and views for the progressive community", with links to news items and opinion pieces from around the world.
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